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The Ne'er-Do-Well (1916 film)

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Wikipedia article




'The Ne'er-Do-Well' is a 1916 American silent adventure crime drama film directed by Colin Campbell, and starring Wheeler Oakman, Kathlyn Williams, Harry Lonsdale, Frank Clark, and Norma Nichols. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The film was released by V-L-S-E, Incorporated on March 20, 1916.

Another film adaptation was later released in 1923, in which Sidney Smith reprised the role as he did in the 1916 version.

Plot



Cast



*Wheeler Oakman as Kirk Anthony, the Ne're-Do-Well

*Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Edith Cortlandt, a Diplomat

*Harry Lonsdale as Stephen Cortlandt, Her Husband

*Frank Clark as Darwin K. Anthony, Railroad Magnate

*Norma Nichols as Chiquita Garavel, A Spanish Maiden

*Will Machin as Weller, alias Locke

*Jack McDonald as Allan Allan, an English Subject

*Sidney Smith as Ramon Alfarez, Commondant of Police

*Fred Huntley as Andres Garavel

*Lamar Johnstone as Runnels

*Harry De Vere as Detective Williams

Preservation



A print of the film survives at the Library of Congress.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2056/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'The Ne'er-Do-Well']'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.125 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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